The US attorney general asks a top justice department official to review efforts by US agents to hunt gun traffickers along the US-Mexico border.

A small town in northern Spain reintroduces the old Spanish currency - the peseta - alongside the euro to give the local economy a lift.

The Queen is to make a state visit to the Irish Republic this year - the first by a British monarch since independence, Buckingham Palace says.

The crew of a Dutch navy helicopter are shown on Libyan state TV after being captured while attempting an evacuation.

Snoods - the beloved neck warmers of precious and pampered footballers - are to be banned by the International FA Board.

Protesters march on the headquarters of the country's secret police in Cairo demanding the organisation be dismantled.

Libyan rebels are locked in battles with Gaddafi forces on two fronts, while apparently accidental blasts in a Benghazi arms depot kill at least 17.

Protesters storm the Alexandria HQ of Egypt's state security agency, with several people injured in clashes with police.